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Advancing Faculty Careers

Does your career sometimes feel more like a game of "Chutes and Ladders?" You aren't alone! The Faculty Career and Leadership Institute aims to resource faculty throughout their careers while targeting needs at specific points of transition. The Institute houses early career, mid career, and senior faculty programs that include mentoring, DEI support, peer-based group learning opportunities and more.
  • In Summer 2023, Worcester State sponsored 4 Distinguished Graduate Fellows through a Massachusetts Department of Higher Education pilot program that aims to support early career development for ALANA/BIPOC (African, Latinx, Asian, Native American and/or Black, Indigenous, People of Color) graduate students on the path to professorships.

    The 10-week “Welcoming, Inclusive, and Supportive Environments Program,” or WISE, is open to any doctoral or MFA student in any U.S. program outside of Worcester State doing research or creative work. Supported by the Department of Higher Education’s Higher Education Innovation Fund, fellows are paired with a Worcester State faculty member for mentoring with a focus on diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice. Check out the WSU News celebrating the Summer 2023 cohort.

    2023 WISE Fellows

    • Eman Al-Drous, Distinguished Graduate Fellow, University of Delaware
    • Roshad Meeks, Distinguished Graduate Fellow, Tufts University
    • Saleem Shah, Distinguished Graduate Fellow, Clark University
    • Tracey Wang, Distinguished Graduate Fellow, University of Virginia

    2023 WISE Mentors

    • Abir Bukhatwa, Research Mentor
    • Riley McGuire, Research Mentor
    • Hardeep Sidhu, Research Mentor
    • Nafisa Tanjeem, Research Mentor
    • Mary Fowler, Career Development Mentor
    • Julie Habjan Boisselle, Career Development Mentor
    • Emily Soltano, Career Development Mentor
    • Henry Theriault, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs

     

     

  • New faculty development kicks off with an intensive August workshop and is then anchored in a year-long “new faculty seminar series” that serves as both an induction to the WSU community and cultivation of a personal pedagogy toolkit. In participating, new faculty experience a cohort community while also gaining exposure to a wide range of experienced colleagues across disciplines.

  • This tenure-track faculty development program focuses on teaching effectiveness and innovation, while also cultivating faculty leaders and building connectedness across the university community. As part of a competitive application process, each participant commits to a three-semester learning community that results in a teaching and learning project. Funding is provided by the President’s Office strategic planning initiative.

    2022 Fellows

    • Kyle Allaire, Mathematics
      Project- Flipping the Classroom: Increasing Student Engagement in an Introduction to Functions Course; Joint Mathematics Meeting 2024 Abstract
    • Lagnajita Chatterjee, Business Administration
      Project- Developing Online Teaching Tools for Online for Continuing Education Classes
    • Riley McGuire, English
      Project- The Fiction of Fluency: Teaching Disability Studies through Literature
    • Luis Rosado, Biology
      Project- Pathways to Belonging in Science: Including Diverse Scientists and Health Disparities in the Anatomy & Physiology Classroom; Human Anatomy and Physiology Society 2024 Abstract

    2023 Fellows

    • Ali Al-Faris, Computer Science
      Project- Redesigning the Introduction to Programming Course Using a Project-Based Learning Approach; Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeast Region Poster & Talk 2024
    • Brittany Jeye, Psychology
      Project- Developing Coloring and Drawing Activities for Undergraduate Neuroscience Courses; National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology Poster 2024
    • Catriona Standfield, History & Political Science
      Project- The Role of the Global South in Creating and Shaping the United Nations

    Faculty Mentors

    • Jeremy Andreatta, Chemistry
    • Marianna Calle, Health Sciences
    • Yan Hu, Biology
    • Christina Kaniu, Education
    • Jacquelyn N. Raftery-Helmer, Psychology
  • The Mid Career Fellows Program invites tenured faculty to prepare for the myriad of higher ed leadership roles: department chair, director of a professional organization, editor of a journal, academic affairs administrator, or program facilitator. Within this learning community, participants engage in a leadership curriculum that values different leadership styles, network with WSU colleagues outside their departments as well as external higher ed stakeholders, and collaborate on inter-disciplinary projects aligned with institutional priorities.
  • The importance of the legacy stage of the professoriate is often overlooked. This program aims to honor and recognize the contributions of retiring or soon-to-retire faculty members and provide them with opportunities to continue their involvement with the institution in meaningful ways. The program includes a faculty learning community for those nearing retirement or with 20 years or more of service, allowing them to share their expertise, mentor others, and exercise their leadership skills. The program aims to preserve and disseminate the knowledge, expertise, and experiences of the retiring faculty members for the benefit of future generations of faculty and students.

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